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• [from drewvigal] Tutorials | Second Story Interactive Design Studio

  "Founders Julie Beeler and Brad Johnson introduce us to their uniquely talented studio where their signature interactive design is conceived and produced. Second Story creates immersive adventures that educate and entertain through compelling visuals, touch and play, and inspiring participation through curiosity." More…

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• [from drewvigal] Journalism Programs - Curriculum - Is There Too Much Tech Training at the Nation's Journalism Schools?

  "For years, journalism schools nationwide have been bulking up on courses designed to prepare the next generation of reporters for the brave new world of digital media. No longer is it enough for students to master writing, interviewing and editing; these days they must blog and design websites, shoot digital video and use Twitter." More…

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• [from williamcouch] VLC media player for the iPad

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• [from tysone] Arthur Sulzberger on charging online: to succeed, we need to take risks - Editors Weblog

  Asked about his response to the suggestion that the NYT might print its last edition in 2015, Sulzberger said he saw no point in making such predictions and said all he could say was that "we will stop printing the New York Times sometime in the future, date TBD." More…

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• [from williamcouch] DockArt

  Best link of the day. More…

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• [from williamcouch] single-pixel scanner photos - lens culture photography weblog

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• [from williamcouch] ChurchKey: Ambitious Vision Is Realized As D.C.'s Very Best Beer Bar: DCFoodies.com

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• [from tysone] YouTube - Wall Street Journal takes on New York Times ???????????

  After more than a century of peaceful co-existence, the Wall Street Journal has decided to take on the New York Times head on with its Greater New York section. New owner Rupert Murdoch declared "let the battle begin." Is this going to be a newspaper war for the ages? Or have the readers already moved on....online? More…

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• [from tysone] Civic Stack - Civic Commons Wiki

  The "civic stack" is a shared body of software and protocols for civic entities, built on open standards. A primary goal of Civic Commons is to make it easy for jurisdictions at all levels to deploy compatible software. Pooling resources into a shared civic stack reduces costs and avoids duplicated effort; equally importantly, it helps make civic IT expertise more cumulative and portable across jurisdictions, for civil servants, for citizens, and for vendors. More…

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• [from tysone] Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens pose with Batmobile for the Cincinnati Enquirer

  Terrell Owens started it all with a celebratory Twitter post. Right after signing with the Cincinnati Bengals, Owens proclaimed that he was Batman to Chad Ochocinco's Robin, and a story line was born.
  
  The Cincinnati Enquirer, looking for a cover for its football preview section, was looking to see how far the new teammates would take the joke. More…

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• [from williamcouch] The Real 'Stuff White People Like?

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• [from tysone] On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography | booktwo.org

  This is historiography. This is what culture actually looks like: a process of argument, of dissenting and accreting opinion, of gradual and not always correct codification.
  
  And for the first time in history, we?re building a system that, perhaps only for a brief time but certainly for the moment, is capable of recording every single one of those infinitely valuable pieces of information. More…

  posted by tysone